Scottish Recipes - Coconut Ice Squares

OK, I was Blog surfing one night last week and came across a couple of great Blogs that hold a competition of sorts called Get Your Chef On (#GYCO) using a surprise ingredient

So I went ahead and signed myself up to share a recipe with that surprise ingredient and submit it to Julie over at
White lights on Wednesday and Jen over at Four Marrs & one Venus

The surprise ingredient this time round is Coconut

How fun, right?

I admit I was stumped for what to make, I mean after all, I had already made Scottish Snowballs and Scottish Coconut Macaroons and both are pretty awesome Scottish sweet treats that use oodles of coconut...

So what to make, what to make....

Well, what about Coconut Ice

Coconut ice

Coconut Ice isn't ice cream or ice pops as the title may lead you to believe

But its a crisp, pink and white sweet tablet type treat

I remember Coconut ice being sold in bake sales in Church fates or school fundraisers back in Scotland, and although its probably not as popular as Scottish Macaroon it can still hold its own as something sweet and tasty

Makes a slab to cut into squares


You will need


200g Coconut (the Scottish recipe calls for desiccated coconut but I used USA sweetened shredded coconut)
250g Icing/Powdered Sugar
200g Condensed Milk (I measured out 200ml from a 400ml can)
2 -3 Drops Red food coloring

• Add the required amount of condensed milk to a large bowl

Condensed milk

• Next sieve the Powdered /Icing Sugar into the same bowl

add powdered sugar

• Mix both well with a wooden spoon until smooth

mix well

milk and powdered sugar

• Add the coconut and mix in well, use your hands if it gets too stiff with the spoon (this part is mighty messy)

add coconut

mix well

• Separate into two equal amounts, leaving one half in the bowl and other half to the side

• To the mixture in the bowl, add a few drops of red food color, not too much, you want the mixture pink not red, and mix well

• Sprinkle some powdered sugar onto a work surface and lay out the two mixtures

pink and white mixture

• Using a rolling pin, roll out both mixtures separately to make two rectangles about 1 inch thick

rolled out mixture

• Place the white rectangle on top of the pink rectangle

shaped into rectangle

• Transfer onto a plate and using a spatula space and press into a neater slab

set in fridge

• Place in fridge to set for 24 hours

• Once set, trim and cut into squares

Coconut Ice

Enjoy

These can be stored in a container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week

mmmmm, yet another yummy treat that takes me back to my childhood

Thanks again, Julie at White lights on Wednesday and Jen at Four Marrs and one Venus

Angela

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